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Researchers have found that a set of proteins have different shapes in the spinal fluid of healthy individuals and Parkinson’s patients. These could be used in the future as a new type of biomarker for this disease. 

The shape of certain proteins in spinal fluid may be a sign of Parkinson's disease, according to new research.

The shape of a specific set of proteins differs in the spinal fluid of patients with Parkinson's disease compared to those without the neurodegenerative disease.

Does the pacemaker affect drugs acting on the heart? Modulating the interaction between the pacemaker and fat molecules with a drug could improve heart disease treatment.

Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that a protein complex that governs gene expression (called CoREST) sometimes gets rewired during breast cancer to help estrogen receptor positive (ER+) tumors resist endocrine therapies and become more aggressive.

Alpha Fold 2 is a neural network developed by Deep Mind, a Google-owned AI company solving the 3D structure of proteins.

Researchers have deciphered the precise mechanism that allows our body to defend itself against hepatitis B.

One of the most severe and prevalent viral diseases is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV)

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for one of the most serious and common infectious diseases. Transmitted through biological fluids, it attacks the liv

In a new study, researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease.